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iBase-t Achieves Record Revenue in Fiscal 2023

iBASEt

License bookings grew 20% year-over-year with annual subscription revenue up 7x over the prior year as the company accelerates its shift to a cloud-native digital ecosystem SaaS solution provider. Fiscal 2023 revenue increased 38% over the prior year.

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Robotic grippers developed to pick up delicate, heavy objects

Control Engineering

The new gripper can’t replace all of the functions of existing prosthetic hands, but it could be used to supplement those other functions,” Huang said. We think the gripper design has potential applications in fields ranging from robotic prosthetics and food processing to pharmaceutical and electronics manufacturing,” Yin said.

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Motor control maintenance and troubleshooting best practices, advice

Control Engineering

Digital inputs can be assigned functions such as selecting a preset speed, clearing alarms or faults, and placing the drive under automatic or manual control. Courtesy: Automation LLC The output relay is also programmable as a fault or running/at frequency output, or feedback for direction or logical functions.

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The fundamentals of troubleshooting in industrial automation

Control Engineering

Machines can be video recorded to analyze operations; motion can be slowed to examine functionality in detail. It also works well on systems that are made of a series of sequential functions. Observing machinery operating is one of the best ways to understand the normal functions of a machine. Figure 2: Example of a half-split.

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Motion control and robotics troubleshooting and maintenance advice

Control Engineering

Drives and controllers generally have built- in diagnostic functions to detect problems with the motor or attached load. Robotics maintenance Industrial robots are used in manufacturing and material handling tasks, and their physical configuration depends on the function that is required. As always, read your documentation!